MOTW - Sept 30 - Oct 6 2012 - Faith

[Sasha]

Thanks for sharing your photos. Great looking family! When I was growing up I had an aunt that lived in a house that looks just like yours and it was in the middle of the woods, it was my favorite place to visit! We used to pick blackberries in the woods, it was so fun!

I love your frog setup. I always admire people that have a tank that is half and half. I have problems cleaning anything that has that much water in it : ) We just got rid of our fish tank 3 months ago, after having fish for 18 years. Neither of us wanted to clean the tank. I find with whites tree frogs, even though I have to clean their tank everyday, it's so much easier for me to maintain.

I can't believe that you found those beautiful cats by the side of the road! Does the siamese mix talk your ear off? I have a cat that is some sort of siamese mix and she won't shut up! Drives us crazy when she starts at 3:30 to wake us up for 5am breakfast!

[Faith]

Thank you! We love it out here. Only 15 minutes (tops) from all the main stores but it appears as though we're far away from people (which suits me, hah.) We had blackberries all out here during the summer, they tried to take over the yard while we were letting the grass grow in!

My husband was awesome enough to help me get that divider in. I love it but it is a task to clean. I siphon the water out every so often, scrub it down and replace it. What was fun was when we had to move it from the top shelf of our entertainment center to the little "table" we have for it now. You cannot lift that much water, we learned! We actually got this after our fish passed this year (we had two fish that lived 4 years - a record for us.) They were my best friend's fish (she passed in January 2011) so after they died, I said no more fish for awhile. I definitely want to try to get some more frogs in the future but right now, room and $ just don't allow.

And yes, both my babies were on the highway. The biggest (Daisy) was walking down the road, bloodied and had broken teeth. She looked nothing like she does now (she was a scraggly little rat.) My neighbor found her and gave her to us thinking she was our other cat who ran away. The siamese mix we actually adopted Monday He was found in a box with 3 others on the side of the highway in the rain. My friend adopted all 4 and I took him off her hands since he was injured. He sure does talk a lot but only during the day (Daisy hates him but I imagine she'll get over that soon.)

[Sasha]

I hate hearing about people abandoning animals like that. It's a good thing they found a good person like you to care for them. I hope Daisy learns to like him. I have three cats and none of them like each other! The older two used to snuggle together and play together but once we got the third one they all split. They only tolerate each other because they know if they want to get close to me they need to be nice to each other!

[Faith]

Same here, I can't stand it. Earlier, we ran into my son's teacher uptown. He started telling her about our new cat (not sure why he decided to mention it then.) She kept giving me these funny looks and I said we adopted it, else it would have been put down. She goes "well better you than me, I couldn't take something off the highway. No telling what it has." Seriously? And in front of my kid on top of it. Guess I'm a softie but if I know I can give him/her a better life, I'm gonna try! I have a feeling Daisy will be like your cats, lol. She stalks Donald and stares us all down if we touch him. Its funny but sad at the same time. (@ Jenste, sorry I went off topic, lol, wasn't sure what else to post today since there were no questions!)